in a wall street environment it focused on more short-term results. more than a year after his death, steve johnsbs was still at the top. at number two, amazon's jeff bezos, share holders of the online retailer have seen a return of more than 12,000% since 1996. in third place, the leader of samsung. he's turned the maker of large screen tvs and cell phones into a dominant worldwide player in consumer electronics. including in the top 100, notables like current hewlett-packard's ceo meg whitman. the owner of the nba's nets and former google ceo eric schmidt. and the biggest leap for a ceo from harvard's last ranking in 2010 was made by lars sorensen who leads the pharmaceutical manufacturer. he jumped all the way from number 233 to number 20. >> and joining us now is susan battery, an expert on leadership and career experts. she's a ceo herr of battley consultants. good morning. >> do you think they got it right? i think they got it right on one aspect which is shareholder value over time. while this is critical in terms of what investors are looking